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Originally Posted by Daedalus
Yep, but adding a HD floppy was an expensive proposition. Standard HD drives were most likely cheaper than the standard DD drives fitted, but the A1200 couldn't use them since Paula couldn't handle the data rates. So the options were to develop an upgraded Paula chip (would've been nice but very expensive), use a custom HD drive like the A4000 (expensive), go with standard DD and be compatible with 99.9% of the Amiga disks out there at the time, or bodge a standard HD drive in and ignore its HD capability (the AT approach).
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Another thing that should have taken care of in the early days. HD floppy drives for the A500/2000 would have certainly helped a great deal later down the line.
More shortsightedness from the clowns running the C= show, IMO.
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